Never tell a lab "up." He just might listen.

Here's a little anecdote from Sunday. Eric and I were both on the 2nd floor and Kodi was looking up at us so sweetly from the ladder rung. So I tried to take a picture. As you can see, I could not get a good picture. He'd stick his tongue out, look away or kept hopping down. So Eric said "Kodi up!" to get him on to put his front paws up again. Well Kodi decided "up" meant climb the ladder and proceeded to get his front paws 4 rungs up and his back paws one rung up before he fell off the side. Doh! It was a heartfelt effort with all the gusto from him...but not exactly what we were going for. At least he didn't get any higher. As it was, he did nick his nose slightly. Is this the same dog I had to shove across 16 inch wide by 6 foot long plank a few months ago?



Kodi at the start of the big climb.

Kodi after deciding climbing ladders wasn't his forte.